Green Day Cancels Tour, Pushes Up Album Release

By

Lyneka Little

Oct 30, 2012 9:02 am ET

The last few weeks haven’t been great days for Green Day. In September, the band announced that frontman Billie Joe Armstrong would be “seeking treatment for substance abuse” and that the band would postpone some promotional appearances. Now the group says it’s cancelling the remainder of its 2012 club tour and its dates scheduled for the beginning of 2013. “Obviously the timing for this isn’t ideal, but Billie Joe’s well-being is our main concern,” Green Day bassist Mike Dirnt said in statement posted on Greenday.com. “We are happy to say that Billie Joe is doing well, and we want to thank you all for the outpouring of support and well wishes that we have received, and we can’t wait to see you all again soon.” The band also pushed up the release of “¡Tré!,” the final release in a planned trilogy, to December 11, 2012 from its original date of January 15, 2013. “We feel bad we have to delay our tour, so to make up for it we want to give our fans the music earlier than we had planned,” drummer Tré Cool said in a statement. “If we couldn’t be there to play it for you live, the least we could do was give you the next best thing.” The group’s next album, “¡Dos!,” is due out Nov. 13, 2012.